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N0.'566,703. Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

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NALJTON DUANE SMITH, OF PROPHETSTOWN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO FRED L. ADAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

MARKING-TAG FOR ROLLED GOODS.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,703, dated August 25, 1896.

Application filed April 30, 1896. $erial1lo. 589,715. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTON DUANE SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at lrophetstown, in the county of lVhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Marking-Tag for Rolled Goods, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to marking-tags for rolled goods, and it has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and easily-applied device of this character which, when applied to the core or bobbin board of a roll or bolt of textile goods, cannot he accidentally detached, and while capable of being readily seen at any time is ordinarily entirely out of the way.

To this end the main and primary object of the present invention is to provide a convenient marking-tag for rolled goods which can be easily attached to the board on which the goods are rolled without piercing holes in the goods, and without the use of a long string, such as ordinarily employed to attach tags to rolled goods, and which are a constant source of annoyance by frequently becoming detached and lost.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a marking-tag of the class described which is always in position when wanted and requires no attention when the goods are unrolled for invoicing, as the attachment in no way interferes with the invoicing-machine.

With these and other objects in View, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a roll of textile goods equipped with the improved marking-tag attachment. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the core-board with the attachment in position. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of that form of the tag attachment having a slidablc slotted marking card. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the construction illustrated in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 of another form of the tag having a pivoted marking-card. Fig.

6 is a sectional view of the construction illustrated in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail in perspective, partly in section, of the tag, showing a modified manner of joining the ends of the looped paster-body together. Fig. 8 is a View similar to Fig. 7, showing another modified form of connection between the ends of the looped paster-body. Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional View of the construction illus trated in Fig. 8.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates the ordinary core or roll board 011 which the goods 2 are rolled in the usual manner to form the ordinary bolts which are handled in dry goods establishments for retailing textile goods. It is customary to connect with such rolls of goods suitable tags for indicating the price, the, of the goods, and the present invention conte1nplates a tag attachment of this character that is adapted to be used in connection with the core-board 1.

The tag attachment contemplated by this invention essentially comprises a flexible paster-body 3 and a marking-card at, on which card is marked the price of the goods and the other usual data relating to quality, number of yards, due. The flexible paster-body 3 is preferably formed of paper or other suitable flexible material and is made in a strip of suitable'length which is folded or doubled upon itself between its ends, as at 5, to form a casing for the reception of the marking-card 4, which works between the opposite side portions of the pastor body. The folded or looped paster-body 3 is illustrated in certain figures of the drawings as having the end portions thereof fastened together by a fastening-eyelet 6, and in one of the forms of the invention the marking-card a is provided with a longitudinally-disposed slot 7, extending for a portion of its length out to a point near one end of the card and loosely receivin g therein the said eyelet 6. In this form of the invention the eyelet 6 serves to retain the slotted marking-card at within the pastorbody and to limit the outward adjustment of the card, while at the same time allowing the said slotted card to be moved inward within the casing, formed by the pastor-body, so as to carry the outer marked end of the card within one end of the roll of goods, so as to be entirely out of the way, as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art. To facilitate the inward and outward adjustment of the slotted card 4, the said card has suitably attached to the outer marked end thereof a pull tape or tab 8, which can be readily grasped between the fingers of the salesman when it is desired to pull the card out to inspect the marks thereon.

The tag attachment is complete in itself as comprising a looped paster body and the marking-card secured to such body in the manner described, but to provide for attaching the attachment to the core-board 1 of the roll of goods the flexible paster-body 3 is provided on one side thereof with an adhesive coating 9, which, when dampened, provides means for securely pasting or fastening the attachment on the core or roll board 1.

In applying the tag attachment to a roll of goods after marking the card 1 with the price and other data of the goods, the folds of the goods are parted away from the core-board, so that the paster-body 3 may be readily inserted between the goods and the board. The adhesive or gum coating 9 of the paster-body is of course moistened before insertion in the core of the roll of goods, and this gummed side of the paster-body lies next to the core or roll board of the goods. The tag attachment is inserted between the goods and the core-board until the extreme outer end of the marking-card comes flush with the end of the goods, in which position the roll of goods is pressed or struck sharply at a point immediately over the paster-body, so that the moistened gummed side of said paster-body will be made to firmly adhere to the core-board of the roll, and after the gum or adhesive coating has dried the paster-body 3 of the attachment will be firmly fastened to the coreboard. In using the slotted form of the marking-card the tape 8 is grasped between the fingers and the card pulled out as far as the limiting-rivet 6 will allow, so as to expose the marks on the card, and when not in use the card is moved inward within its casing, so as to carry the outer marked end of the card entirely inside of the roll and out of the way'.

Several modifications of the tag attachment may be observed in the manufacture thereof, and in the form illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 the only difference between this form and the form having a slot 7, in the marking-card, is that the marking-card 4 is unslotted and is pivotally secured directly between the opposite portions of the looped paster-body 3 by means of the fastening-eyelet 6, which in this form provides a pivot for the card 4, so that when the card is not in use the same can be readily turned on its pivot at right angles to the length of the core-board and thereby turned into the goods entirely out of the way and concealed until it is desired to draw or pull the same out by grasping the tape 8, connected to the unpivoted end thereof. In this form of the invention, when applying the paster-body 3 to the board 1, the paster-body is simply inserted into the goods the full length of itself, so as to leave the outer end of the pivoted card exposed beyond the end of the goods when it is in its outturned position, as will be readily apparent from an inspection of the drawings.

Other modifications of the invention are illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings, which modifications relate to the fastening means for securing the marking-card to the pastor-body and for fastening the opposite portions of the looped or folded paster-body together. In Fig. 7 of the drawings the paster-body 3 is illustrated as having cut out therefrom near one of its ends a tongue-piece 9, which is passed through a slit or opening 10 in the directly-opposite side of the body and folded back and pasted, as at 11, to said opposite side of the paster-body, thereby providing a firm connection between the two sides of the paster-body. The said tonguepiece 9 is also illustrated as passing through the slot 7 of the slotted marking-card, so as to subserve precisely the same function in con nection with said slotted card as the eyelet 6.

A modification of the tongue-piece (30111190- tion 9 is illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings, in which figure the opposite side portions of the looped or folded paster body are provided near the ends of the paster-body with the alined slits or openings 12, which receive a separate flexible fastening-strip 13, the ends of which strip are folded back and pasted onto the outer sides of the opposite portions of the paster-body, as at 14, and in this form the said strip 13 also passes loosely through the slot 7 of the slotted marking-card.

Other modifications will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and it will be understood that any changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a marking-tag attachment for rolled goods, a flexible paster-body having an attaching side flat throughout its entire area and provided thereon with an adhesive or gum coating for fastening the body to the core or bobbin board of the roll, and a movable marking-card loosely connected with said paster-body, substantially as set forth.

2. In a marking-tag attachment for rolled goods, a flexible body folded upon itself intermediate of its ends to form a casing, a marking-card slidably working in said casing and provided with a longitudinally-dis ;osed myown I have hereto aflixed my signature in slot, andafastening connection loosely passed the presence of two witnesses. through the slot of the card and permanently T x I T connected with the opposite end portions of ALI ON DUALE SMITH the body to maintain the body in a folded WVitnesses: shape, substantially as set forth. F. L. ADAMS,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as G. XV. FENN. 

